Chapter 1: Operation Christmas Kiss

Snow entered Granny's diner. She saw her grandson sitting alone at a booth hunched over. She walked toward him and took a seat across from him. Snow saw the file that was on the table. There were some papers but also a picture of a young Emma.

"Henry," Snow said sounding shocked, "Did you steal this from Emma?"

Henry looked up at his grandmother, then looked around before settling his eyes on her again and placed a finger to his mouth. "Shh, not so loud," he said to her.

"Henry," Snow said this time in a whisper. "Your mom is gonna be angry when she finds out about this."

Henry shrugged and closed the file. "I was just trying to find out something about her and Neal."

"Okay well what about the honorable thing and asking them questions?"

"My mom deflects sometimes you know that. And besides," Henry said looking down. "She all ready lied about my dad before, how do I know she'd even tell me the truth this time?"

Snow took Henry's hand that was on the table. "Henry, she lied to protect herself and you and because she thought differently of Neal. She didn't know the whole story."

"I know and I know why she lied but it doesn't change the fact that she did. I'm still mad at her but I don't want to be."

"It's okay to be mad at her Henry. Emma was mad at me for a long time too."

Henry looked up at her, "But why would she be mad at you? All you've ever done was be there for her, even before you remembered who you really are."

Snow smiled. "She was angry at me and her father because she didn't understand how we could choose to let her grow up without us."

"What made her stop being mad?"

Snow thought back to the memory. "When were trapped in our land she saw my home, our home, she saw her nursery and she saw just how much we had given up for her. She saw just how much we loved her, how much we wanted her."

"That's what she's been doing for me too isn't it?"

"You're a smart kid Henry. Your mom may have lied to you but that doesn't change the fact that she was only doing what she thought was best and it doesn't change the fact that she loves you more than anything."

Henry looked down at the closed file. "Then maybe I can make it up to her, show her that even though I'm still mad, I still love her too."

Snow began to worry. She knew that once her grandson got an idea in his head that there was no stopping the kid.

"Henry-," Snow began to protest.

Henry looked at his grandmother. "We have to get my mom and Neal together."

He then smiled his widest smile since Snow had come in and told her, "I call it: Operation Christmas Kiss."